Brief Life History of Howard Ransom
When Howard Ransom Egan was born on 12 April 1840, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Major Howard Egan, was 24 and his mother, Tamson Parshley, was 15. He married Amanda Ann Andrus on 10 October 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Shambip, Utah, United States in 1860 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. In 1860, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as pony express rider--rush valley station in Shambip, Utah, United States. He died on 14 March 1916, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Howard Egan in household of Tamson T Egan, "United States Census, 1850"
- Howard Ransom Egan, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Howard Ransom Egan, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Seamus, Kieran, Parnell, Siobhan, Aileen, Aine, Aisling, Dermot, Donal, Fergus, Finola.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin ‘descendant of Aodhagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of Aodh ‘fire’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Tamson Saves Her Family
Tamson Saves Her Family -- Howard Ransom Egan related the following story: “One day we had camped for noon. I was playing near the end of the wagon tongue. Mother caught up her boys and before I kne …
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